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Albany

Serves Albany, Dougherty County, GA · 101,245 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Albany in the last ten years.

  • GA0950000
  • ALBANY
  • GA
  • 101,245 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 31701
EPA system ID GA0950000

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
10

Key facts

  • Albany draws water from 28 wells.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 37,199 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2014 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2014 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2014 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Albany go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 17 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 2 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 12
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 6
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began May 2010, Archived.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 2010 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2008 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2008 Archived

Where the water comes from

Albany draws water from 28 wells. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Albany.

Annual water quality report

Albany must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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